Why the study?
Spermatic cord malignancies are rare, and lipoleiomyosarcoma with divergent differentiation presenting as a recurrent inguinal hernia is exceedingly uncommon.
Highlights a rare presentation of spermatic cord lipoleiomyosarcoma mimicking a recurrent inguinal hernia.
Include rare sarcomas in recurrent inguinal hernia differentials; leaves open broader characterization of spermatic cord tumors.
Spermatic cord malignancies are very rare tumours. Less than 100 cases of cord liposarcoma have been reported in the literature. Divergent differentiation into leiomyosarcoma and liposarcoma is a rare phenomenon but can occur. Lipoleiomyosarcoma usually represents the well-differentiated subtype of this entity. We report such a rare case in spermatic cord with an unusual presentation as a recurrent inguinal hernia in a 62-year-old man.
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